And so it begins once more.

There we were, halfway through November, and the Cone of Shame was not weighing me down. Days were fun, nights were quiet, even tranquil and life was good.

All at once it began, the itchiness, the urge to stick my paw into my ear to scratch the itch and to roll my head on the rug to try and alleviate the incessant urge to make my ears raw with the application of my paws. My parentals looked at one another, sighed loudly, felt sad for me and made the inevitable phone call to the v-e-t who was of course glad to assist. Duly loaded into my travel crate I was off to my second home, a short distance of some eight miles to go and see one of the vets. I seem to be on first name terms with them by now. I was examined and some swabs taken for analysis both at the v-e-t as well as off to the lab. This was all done last week and we waited until yesterday to hear the results. Oh how exciting I have another ear infection which is different to the previous ear infection. Joy of joys (insert appropriate levels of sarcasm here). So, here I am, being dog-handled twice a day by the parentals so the new ear drops can be administered to my itchy lugs.

So there you have it. My freedom from the Cone of Shame was brief and I am now returned to its grasp around my neck. Cue comments such as “where is flowerpot head?” and “here comes the frilled lizard?”. When will this ignominy end? When will I be free from the clutches of the CoS. Is this destined to be my life from here on?

Answers on a postcard please.

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Enjoying life in my forever home. Sharing my contentment with whoever will read my tales. I used to live in West Sussex, but I have now moved to Shropshire, UK.

7 thoughts on “And so it begins once more.”

  1. Oh Dex. Daisy has had some health struggles of her own that involved a conversation with the vet about ‘life style changes’ that involved no more getting on the sofa. I guess it’s not as bad as a cone of shame, but it still was not popular.
    Thankfully, she is fully healed and doing much better. It was something to do with her neck (there was concern it was a slipped disc) but with time and lots of rest, she made a full recovery. And is not giving up hopping up on the sofa anytime soon.

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    1. Im pleased Daisy is still going strong. And she should always be ready to jump up onto the sofa. Sometimes I need a bit of help climbing up onto one of my sofas but I suppose that’s what helpers are for.

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  2. Poor Dex!! One of mine went through that for over a year with several vets until I took her to a wise old vet did a thorough investigation and discovered the root cause of all the reoccurring infections. Ear ointment was applied twice a day for 10 days. And that did the trick! No more head shaking. No more ear scratching. Hopefully this will be the last yucky cone experience for you too!!

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  3. Aww, Dexter, that’s such a pain.
    I just turned 16 last week and have a few wee problems (including “wee” problems, much to BH’s dismay when she finds an accident). I’m now confined to the kitchen at night & when she goes out 😦

    On the plus side, she did buy me a VERY nice new bed which I love snuggling in, so it’s not all bad!

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